Thank you to everyone who helped the kindergartners celebrate their 100th day of school. The afternoon was filled by a delicious lunch chosen by the kids and prepared by Mr. Hudson! Ms. Lisa prepared wonderful centers for the children to participate in with the help of their families! The centers included a cereal necklace, estimation station, celebration hall, candy race, popcorn balance, 100 types of food poster, number bingo, marshmallow painting, cookie decorating, picnic party and dice roll! The children loved participating in all of the activities! The class also collected 80 cans through donations!!
The students had a lot of fun at the Valentine's Day party. We started with listening to a few Valentines books followed by exchanging Valentine's with our peers. After our exchange students worked in their Valentines work book and anxiously awaited the arrival of the Kindergarten Academy kids. After everyone arrived we had some free play time and lunch. Valentines themed centers were the focus of the afternoon. Centers included candy heart stacking (10 was the most!), heart cookie cutter stamps, octopus ring toss, heart matching, heart tic-tac-toe and pin the arrow on the heart. We hope everyone had a wonderful Valentines Day!!!!
It's been another busy week in kindergarten. Students were enjoying sharing their 100th day of school projects and talking about their Valentines!
Language Arts: Students participated in learning stations in language arts including; zinga, letter stamps, sight word sentences and upper/lowercase letter puzzles. Math: Students worked on reinforcement of numbers 80-90 this week. They played count and sit, number bingo and a number word search. Students also practiced counting in groups of tens and ones and writing the number. We've also been working on sequencing the days of the week. Literacy: We read "The Three Little Pigs" and listed the characteristics of all the characters. Wednesday we read "The True Story of the Three Little Pigs" and learned that it was told by the wolf. We made a new character chart and compared the pigs and wolf in both stories. Science: We looked at a diagram of a tongue and learned that different sections of the tongue taste different foods. We tasted foods that were bitter, sour, sweet, and salty. Bitter cocoa was our least favorite and sweet skittles were the favorite. Wednesday we used our five senses to determine which cup was holding sugar and which was holding salt. We used our sense of hearing, seeing, smelling and touching and made a prediction. Then students used their sense of taste to find out the answer! Social Studies: Students shared their transportation pictures. We also created a list things we know and things we want to know about people around the world. Kidwriting/Music: We combined kidwriting and music this week. Students learned about instruments in the string family of instruments and how they make noise. Then they wrote a sentence to describe a string instrument. Reminders: Monday 2/16/15 - President's Day - CENTER CLOSED!!!! Wednesday 2/18/15 - Ash Wednesday Service at 2:30 pm - Please return permission slip if you would like your child to receive ashes Thursday 2/19/15 - 100th Day of School Celebration!!!! 12:30-2:30! This week we had soccer shots! The word of the week was appreciation. The coach talked to the students about how we can show appreciation for our parents, friends, family and teachers.
Language Arts: Students began learning about word families this week in language arts. They learned word families through stories and songs. Each day the class made a word web and practiced reading and saying their new words. Monday: - at family, "Pat the Cats Big Book" Tuesday: - et/-en families, "Mr. Vet Had a Pet That Was Wet" Wednesday: -ig, "Pig in a Wig" Thursday: -ot family, "Mr. Jot Had a Pot That Was Hot" Friday: -ug family, "The Pug Needs a Hug" Math: This week students worked on numbers 60-80. They played secret numbers and top it to reinforce these numbers, Students used rainbow writing to practice writing the numbers correctly. Calendar concepts were also reviewed this week including correctly ordering the days of the week. Literacy: This week we began our unit on fairy tales. We reviewed the characteristics of fairy tales including good/bad characters, royalty/magic, and love. We also learned that most fairy tales begin with "Once upon a time.." Our first fairy tale was "Goldilocks and the Three Bears." We filled in our fairy tale chart and Wednesday we read a second version of Goldilocks and made a large group story map. Students took turns walking the map and retelling the story to their friends. Friday we listened to "The Princess and the Pea" and students created their own pile of mattresses. Science: We learned about our nose and sense of smell on Monday. We watched a short video and learned that smells travel through our nose to our brain and our brain tells us what the smell is. Students also used smelly bottles and had to determine the scent using their sense of smell only. Wednesday we discovered our sense of hearing. We sat quietly for 30 seconds and made a list of all the sounds we heard. There were a lot! Students also had to guess what was hidden inside plastic eggs by using their sense of hearing only. Kidwriting: We wrote descriptive sentences about our favorite foods! Centers: Students participated in Valentines themed centers this week including: heart tic-tac-toe, heart memory, paper heart chains, lovebugs crafts and how many candy hearts will fit. Social Studies: We reviewed town, state and country and shared the maps we made of our classroom. Students also discussed different forms of transportation and made posters. Next Week: Don't forget to hand in your Valentines box and recipe for the 100th day celebration. If you would like your child to make their Valentine box at school please let us know! Friday, February 13 is our class Valentines party. Reminder!!! We are CLOSED Monday, February 16th for Presidents Day!!! |
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